Teen Ink Summer Program and Camp Guide for Teens

Community Service / Activism Programs

Are you a teen looking to learn about and impact the world? Our list of summer camps and programs is sure to have just what you're looking for. Topics include, but are not limited to, international study, service learning, community service, creating positive change, and sustainability. Interested in applying your skills in other subjects to community change? There are also camps focusing on activism and community service through science, adventure sports, writing, and the arts. Participate in cultural exchanges and immersion with other teens or programs created specifically for girls. Browse our list of summer camps for your perfect camp, and be sure to check out the many scholarship opportunities offered by the programs.

Experience the summer of a lifetime! Free info. and expert guidance on 800+ outstanding summer programs and teen camps for high schoolers, from pre-college, academic, teen tour, and language, to community service and travel.

embARC is an intensive, four-week summer design academy for high school students held at the College of Environmental Design (CED). Teens explore architecture, urban design and sustainable city planning at our camp through a series of lectures, field trips and design studios.

Study Environmental Science from the mountains to the sea. During this pre-college opportunity, you’ll learn it…and live it! You’ll immerse yourself in the best of Hawaii. You’ll make a difference in the world.

Teens can directly observe and research whales, dolphins, porpoise, puffins, seals in their natural habitat. College credit for writing and art summer camps. Based on beautiful Grand Manan Island between Maine & Nova Scotia.

Global Works’ summer programs for teens encompass service projects, outdoor adventures, cultural exchanges and language immersion in Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the South Pacific.

GLA offers volunteer travel summer programs for teens in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Participants explore historic and natural sites, learn the local language and history, and serve the community through volunteer efforts.

Calling all girls! Build tech skills in a unique setting where girls collaborate and discover coding, design, filmmaking, leadership, entrepreneurship, and more. Weeklong day and overnight sessions held at campuses nationwide.

Since 1989, VISIONS has set the standard for community service summer programs for teens. Build schools and homes, help children and elders. Live with other teens in a neighborhood of our host community; be more than a tourist.

The largest and most popular pre-college and study abroad programs for high school students: Penn State, Colorado State, Fordham (NYC), and The Sorbonne (Paris, France). Join us this summer for the Best Summer Ever!